Zimbabwe international midfielder Marvelous Nakamba has thrust himself into the global media spotlight after revealing his dreams of playing for five-time European champions Liverpool as he feasts in a cocktail of rave reviews triggered by his flying start to life in the Belgian top-flight league. The 23-year-old midfield enforcer, who is already being tipped as a future Warriors captain because of his calmness and addiction to professionalism, has already made his presence felt in Belgium just two months after his arrival from the Netherlands where his star also shone brightly.
Belgium has become a springboard for many African players to leap into the lucrative English Premiership with Ivorian superstar Yaya Toure, who plays for Manchester City, and his brother Kolo -- who had stints at City, Liverpool and Arsenal -- using that route in their journey to England. However, because of the Warriors' world rankings, in which the senior national football team have been out of the world's top 50 countries on average on the FIFA table in the past two years, Nakamba can only secure a move to England on the basis of a special dispensation provided for highly-talented players who can be deemed by the English FA of having the potential to add real value to the league.
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